How To: RG6 Quad Shield Coaxial Strip and Termination
Oct 21, 2021

How To: RG6 Quad Shield Coaxial Strip and Termination

Sometimes you just have to go heavy duty! RG6 coaxial cable is the mainstay for broadband applications like CATV, satellite,...
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How To: RG6/U Dual Shield Coaxial Strip and Termination
Oct 18, 2021

How To: RG6/U Dual Shield Coaxial Strip and Termination

Coaxial cable has been around for some time. You may never have terminated it, but you almost have certainly handled...
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Tips to Put RJ45 Connectors on Thick Ethernet Cable
Sep 02, 2021

Tips to Put RJ45 Connectors on Thick Ethernet Cable

Sometimes you need to make your cable thinner. Will a diet of celery and lettuce get results? For you, perhaps. For...
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A Better Way of Flush Cutting Ethernet Cable Conductors
Aug 13, 2021

A Better Way of Flush Cutting Ethernet Cable Conductors

We learn something new every day! Today I learned there are two methods to flush cutting your Ethernet cable conductors...
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How To: Terminate an Unshielded Pass Through RJ45 Connector
Jul 30, 2021

How To: Terminate an Unshielded Pass Through RJ45 Connector

Termination means to attach something to the raw end of the cable so it can be plugged into something else...
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Cat6/6A Shielded RJ45 External Ground Collar Crimping Done Right
Jul 22, 2021

Cat6/6A Shielded RJ45 External Ground Collar Crimping Done Right

The external ground crimp collar is the only mechanism that keeps your plug attached to the cable, preventing cable pull-out, and...
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Cat6 Shielded Aerial Messenger Cable: Up The Ladder You Go!
Jul 12, 2021

Cat6 Shielded Aerial Messenger Cable: Up The Ladder You Go!

Do you need to run a Cat6 cable between two points but direct burial is not an option? Don shows you a cable ideally...
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Ethernet Keystone Jacks In the Wild!
Jun 11, 2021

Ethernet Keystone Jacks In the Wild!

Ethernet keystone jacks can be an important part of well designed and flexible LAN (local area network). This blog and...
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Cat6 Gel Filled Direct Burial Ethernet: In Depth
Jun 07, 2021

Cat6 Gel Filled Direct Burial Ethernet: In Depth

Gel filled Ethernet cable has been in use for a while, but many have opted for the waterproof tape version...
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